Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

I tripped over your paranda

Yeh. Though I think abrar is a whole different paradigm of lyrical bizarrity; and if you can understand Punjabi, some of his songs are fiendishly comical (it helps that they are in Punjabi ofcourse - a language which makes unfunny comedy non-existent)

If I have to own up to an infatuation with an Abrar song, then it has to be nachan main oday naal; which starts with, “I always wanted a laal paranda”. I did indeed. And, unsurprisingly, this proved to be one of my principal failings in life.

Something in a similar vein is making it rounds on the interwebnets (it seems most of those giving out haughty soundbytes remain single, shocking…):

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/books/review/Donadio-t.html

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Posted by Atomsmasher on April 1st, 2008 | Filed in Music, Pakistan, Urbanism |



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